Salkantay Trekking
"Trekking Leaders to Machu Picchu"

Welcome to Salkantay Trekking

Salkantay Trekking Company, is an adventure trekking specialist that offers unique experiences to little known wilderness places.
Salkantay Trekking, since 2004, offers creative and innovative ideas to allow the maximum enjoyment of the richness of our country, providing an agile, personalized and efficient service, with the backing of professionals of vast experience in the field of tourism.
Our tours are led by knowledgeable professional guides who will help you explore Salkantay Mountain. We customize from simple to specialized itineraries covering any particular interests and activities. 
The top-quality professional preparation of our personnel (guides and counters), besides the high quality standards in choosing our providers, have always guaranteed customes satisfaction.

Our adventure hikes are specifically and carefully designed, and you will find many of them ONLY on this site.

We are specialists in Inca Trail alternate (or alternative) routes, so if you have missed out on a place on the Classic Inca Trail then you have come to the right place to find some great Inca Trail alternatives and options.

Trekking in the Andes is a passion for us – which we would like to share with you. We highly recommend these alternative treks to Machu Picchu (and other locations) as a wonderful way to get off the beaten track and experience the real Peru.
Find all the information you need to plan your trip to Peru – we are specialists in Peru adventure travel. We have the most frequent departures of any agency in Cusco on the challenging 5 day Salkantay to Machu Picchu route!
Among the services offered by the company stands out the coordination of itineraries for individuals or groups, including hotel reservations, transport, tours, car rentals, logistical support activities and any other special requirements necessary.
We always work thinking of you, of your needs, but above all, of your expectations. We know that every detail is important, and for this reason make our best...

 

The salkantay trek has been rated by national geographic
as one of the best 25 treks in the world

We Support Sustainable & Responsible Tourism...
Best Salkantay Trek Tour Operator
Trekking and expeditions Specialists.

 

Best Salkantay Trek Packages

The minimum to open the departure is two people and our maximum is eight
so if you guys are two we can do it!.

Salkantay Trek Short 4 Days - 3 Nights
	Itinerary: Day 1: Cusco - Mollepata - Sayllpata - Soraypampa Day 2: Soraypampa - Salkantay Pass - Chaullay Day 3: Challway - Hidroelectrica - Aguas Calientes Day 4: Aguas Calientes - Machu Picchu - Cusco When there are no permits left for the Inca Trail, the Salkantay Trek becomes the best choice. Hiking past the Salkantay Nevado is an incredible experience. While walking through different ecological levels, you will observe a variety of species of flora and fauna. This Salkantay Trek includes a guided visit to Machu Picchu on day 4...
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Salkantay Trek Classic 5 Days - 4 Nights
	Itinerary: Day 1: Cusco - Mollepata - Sayllapata - Soraypampa Day 2: Soraypampa - Salkantay Pass - Chaullay Day 3: Chaullay - Collpapampa - La Playa(Sahuayaco) Day 4: La Playa - Hidroelectric - Aguas Calientes Day 5: Aguas Calientes - Machu Picchu - Ollantaytambo - Cusco This version of the Salkantay Trek is the best bet for an alternative trek when the Inca Trail is not available. In addition to the Short Salkantay Trek, this package offers a visit to the hot springs of Santa Teresa and a visit to the ruins of Llactapata. From Llactapata it is possible to observe Machu Picchu. This Salkantay Trek includes a visit to Machu Picchu on day 5...
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Salkantay Trek Imperial 7 Days - 6 Nights
	Itinerary: Day 1: Cusco: Transfer Aiport - Hotel and City Tour Half Day(Afternoon) Day 2: Cusco: Sacred Valley Tour Full Day Day 3: Cusco - Mollepata - Sayllpata - Soraypampa Day 4: Soraypampa - Salkantay Pass - Chaullay Day 5: Chaullay - Collpapampa - La Playa(Sahuayaco) - Santa Teresa Day 6: Santa Teresa - Hidroelectric - Aguas Calientes. Day 7: Aguas Calientes - Machu Picchu - Cusco Preparing for the altitude of the highest pass of the Salkantay Trek is very important in order to get the most out of this beautiful trek. Usually two days in Cusco prior to the departure date is enough...
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OUR SALKANTAY TREK STAFF WILL TAKE GOOD CARE OF YOU!

NOTE: If you are considering joining us for a group tour, please note that our groups are small (typically 8 people or fewer) and frequently sell out many months in advance.

Our tour programs are available in 2 types of services:

Group Services: You’ll be joining a group of other people like you coming from different parts of the world, a great opportunity to have fun and make new friends.

Private Services: These services are arranged just for you and your party, and offer the possibility to choose the departure date, the group size and the duration of the tour. This not only has the advantage of adapting the pace to your physical condition.

Highly Recommended by TripAdvisor

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Salkantay Trekking Upcoming Peru Treks Dates 2012 - 2013

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Trip Advisor Testimonials

We used Salkantay Trekking (http://www.salkantaytrekking.com/) for our Trek to Macchu Picchu. It was absolutely amazing! Edgar and his team were extremely professional and everything was well organised. The food was amazing and the local cook, helper and horseman were a real treat. We were a group of 8 (mixed nationalities) and we all absolutely enjoyed the trek. I would recommend that you book and pay online to avoid dissapointment (2 couples we met in Cusco could not get treks on the days they wanted).

The trek itself takes you on a journey through varied landscapes from snow mountains to hot humid jungle and little villages. The second day is the most challenging, hiking up Salkantay peak to an altitude of 4600m. Take Coca leaves!!

Visited September 2012

 

 

More Testimonials in Trip Advisor

 

1.- http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g294314-d1112105-r141666920-Salkantay_Trekking-Cusco_Cusco_Region.html#REVIEWS
2.- http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g294314-d1112105-r132572411-Salkantay_Trekking-Cusco_Cusco_Region.html#REVIEWS

3.- http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g294314-d1112105-r133367082-Salkantay_Trekking-Cusco_Cusco_Region.html#REVIEWS

4.- http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g294314-d1112105-r122328606-Salkantay_Trekking-Cusco_Cusco_Region.html

 

Highly Recommended by Lonely Planet

I went on a Salkantay trail with Salkantay Trekking Company. It was just me, guide, and a horseman. I was in Cusco for 7 days (I wish I could have stayed longer) and edgar arranged everything, from the moment he picked me up from the airport to when he dropped me off at the same airport 7 days later. He arranged for housing, meals, sightseeing in Cusco and Machu Picchu, and the trek. I chose him as a guide based on the recommendation of some dear and trustworthy friends who had been on a trek with him before, and in retrospect I made a very good choice.

It was awesome!
For sure recommended, Website: http://www.salkantaytrekking.com Enjoy!

 

More Testimonials in Lonely Planet:

1.- http://www.lonelyplanet.com/thorntree/thread.jspa?threadID=1921055

2.- http://www.lonelyplanet.com/thorntree/thread.jspa?threadID=2064223

3.- http://www.lonelyplanet.com/thorntree/thread.jspa?threadID=2207029

Why Choose Us!

We are a specialist adventure tour operator with hundreds of high quality, affordable and exciting adventures to Machu Picchu by Salkantay.

There are at least ten good reasons to travel with us:

1.- Unique trekking Routes. Salkantay Trekking specializes in unique, off the beaten track options that most other trek and tour operators do not!

2.- Personalised attention: Salkantay Trekking are a small, family owned business that provides personalized attention from beginning to the end of your trek or tour.

3.- Trekkers Wanted, we provide the innovative free listing called Trekkers Wanted, which was the kind of thing we liked to see when we were back packing around the world.

4.- Operate 100% of treks: Other agents claiming daily departures operate their treks jointly with other companies in service rotation. Hence, you book a departure with tour operator A with the risk that it will actually be operated by tour operator B without you knowing. Even if we only have a single traveler for a set departure date, this will be operated by us.

5.- Our staff are extremely well travelled and passionate about offering you great service

6.- Our holidays are Environmentally, Sustainable & Responsible Tourism

7.- Great guides. We carefully match the best guides with each trek and group, another reason why we ask you to book as early as you can. Salkantay Trekking guides are highly trained.

8.- Delicious meals: Our meals and cooks regularly receive rave reviews from our clients! Salkantay Trekking meals include generous and delicious breakfasts, snacks, lunches, tea services and dinners that we can adapt to your specific requests.

9.- Recent equipment: We purchase new equipment every year in a 2 -3 year rotation and are constantly seeking out the most comfortable (yet affordable) brands to use.

10.- Departures every day: Salkantay Trekking focus on unique experiences... with this ethos of quality not quantity we do not have big, cheap groups departing frequently. We will depart any day for clearly advertised prices listed on our website.

EXTRA INFORMATION ABOUT OUR COMPANY:

We are a professional agency, and take care for our environment when we are working with groups and we provide a complete catered and guided service of the highest quality.
Salkantay Trekking, has many years experience organizing tours & treks and only employ quality & responsible staff who you can trust. Our administration base is in Cusco.

Our tour service and client support in Cusco is managed by our agency, we are TOUR OPERATORS,

* We are committed to departing with 02 of you on our Tours we will never pass you onto another operator!
* We depart even if you are 02 people.
* We are the sole operators of all our tours!

Our Staff:
All the guides we use are certified and issued licenses by the Cuzco Tour Guides Association and our guides are trained every year.
We do not employ unlicensed or unaccredited guides and staff.

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Recommended By Lonely Planet – Salkantay Trekking,
Has received a mention in the new edition of the Lonely Planet for Peru. The positive review highlights our strong commitment to the highest level of service and personally tailored teaching methods, and supports our philosophy of making Trekking easy, safe and fun for people of all ages.We are recommended in differents International Book Guides and Rough Guides like: Frommers, HandBook, Footprint, tripadvisor and Routard